(MINN PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME %X.---NO. 40 PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. • (Sundays excepted) at TICE NEW BULLE TIN BUILDING, 407 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. BY TICE "Evening Bulletin Association." TROPILIETOItS. GIBSON PEACOCK, ERNEST O. WALLACE. E. L. FESEERSTON, TEOS. JAVILLIAMSON CARPER. SOCCER, Jr., FRANCIS WELLS. Th. Bur.ratust fa served to subscribers in the city at JI cents Per Ina, Payable to the carriers, or .8 00 per Annum. • DIED BROWN.—Near Jacobstown, N. 3., on the 24th inst., Pheba Brown, wife of John Brown, aged 66. Relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral, from her late residence, Seventh day 26th inst., at 1 o'clock. To proceed to Jacobstown. Carriages will meet the 8 A. M., train, from Philadelphia, at Bordentown. •a CRAMOND.—On Wednesday, the 23d • Inst., Ann Oramond. daughter of the late William Oramond, WRILLDI24.—On the 23d inst., of apoplexy. Captain - Wihnon Whilldin. in the 63d year of his age. His friends and those of the family, are invited to attend the funeral services, on Saturday afternoon, at 4 o'clock, precisely, at Old Pine Street Church, Rev. Dr. Brainerd. . •56. WERE LANDELL are prepared to supply faun- AA' Me with Dr Good", at the lowest prices: LINEN IINOS, - . NABBErr,T.WR QITLLTS, TABLE LINENS, DAMASK TOWELS, HOUSEHOLD DRY GOODS. CARPETS BEATEN, CLEANED AND RENO TED BY IiCACHINERY in the cheapest and most satisfactory manner, at the PRESTON STEAM LAUNDRY, ipzeth4taan 1520 South NINTH Street. CONDOWNS A.I4D YACHT HATS FCIItf,ADIES SO in great variety, AT _ THEO. H. McCALLA'S Old established Hat and Cap Emporium, znyle-Ix4 bO4 Chestnut street. SPEUILL NOTICES. li - NIGHT LINE OF CARS. On and after Saturday, May 19th. Te UNION PASSENGER RAILWAY COMPANY (Seventh and Ninth Streets.) WILL MIN A. NIGHT LINE OP CADS ON THE PALBMOUNT and NAVY YARD BRANCH OF THEW. ROAD. GOING DOWN—will leave Depot. First Trip at 11.48. Second Trip at 12.8, and continue to run at intervals or 30 minutes through the night, reaching Fifteenth And Wallace streets 10 minutes; and Seventh and Chestnut streets. 22 mhlntes after the time of starting. COMING DP—leave navy Yard, First Trip at 12.40. Second Trip at 1, reaching Ninth and Chestnut streets 22 minutes, and Ninth and Spring Garden 32 minutes After the time of starting. FARE, 10 CENTS. WM. H. KEMBLE, . 3 105da.5t rpt SECRETARY. 10bPABDEE SCIENTIFIC COURSE .LALFAYETTE COLLEGE. In addition to the general Course or Instruction in this Department, designed to lay a substantial basis of lmowledge and scholarly culture. students can pursue those brancheswhic.h are essentially practical and tech -Weal, viz.: ENGINEERING, Civil, Topographical and Mechanical; MINING and METALLIJRGY;ARCHI TECTURE, and the application of Chemistry to AG RICULTURE and the ARTS. There is also afforded armapertunity for special study of TRADE and COM. CE,of MODERN LANGUAGES and PHILO. LOGY; andot the HISTORY and INSTITUTIONS of of our own country. For Circulars apply to President CATTELL, or to Prof. R. B. YOUNGMAN, EASTON. PA., April 4, 1866. - Clerk of the faculty, myS,Smof ÜbOFFICE OF THE LEHIGH COAL AND NAVIGATION COMPANY, Pirms.nammts., May M. 1266. 'The Board - of 'Managers haie this day declared a dividend of FIVE - PER CENT, or TWO DOLLARS .AND.AHALF PER SHARE, on the capital stock of this Company, payable on demand, clear of National and State Taxes. All persons who have not already done so are ear nestly requested to present at this office their certifi cates of scrip or receipts for their • subscription to the new stock issuedin 1165, and receive the certificates of stock in lieu thereof. SOLOMON SHEPHERD, Treasurer. my24-2tl VITHE FORTY-SECOND ANNIVERSARY of the AMERICAN SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION be held at the Academy of Music, BROAD greet, am THURSDAY EVENING, the 24th inst., at a quar ter to eight o'clock. Hon. Chief Justice CHASE will preside. - Addresses will be delivered by Rev. B. W. Chidlaw, Rev, John McCulloch, and others, The singing will be by a chorus of six. hundred children from oar various Sabbath Schools. • Parties who may have tickets, and do not intend using the same, will confer a favor by returning them to the Society's Buildings, No. 1122 Chestnut street. All reserved seats unoccupied at BIS o'clock will be thrown open to standers. ray2.l,to iIbPRILADPLPHLA. AND REA.DINO RAU, ROAD COMPANY. Office 227 South RIDURTH Street, PIECLADILLPEILA, April 28, 1866, Notice is hereby given to the Stockholders of this -Company, that the option of receiving their Dividend in Stock or Cash, under the resolution of the Board of 11th December, 1865, will cease on and after the list of 31ay,1866,and that such Stockholders as do not demand their Dividend to be paid to them in Stock on or before that day, will be thereafter entitled to receive it in Cash only. ap2B tojelrpl B. BRADFORD, Treasurer WEOFFICE OF THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER PASSENGER RAILWAY COMPANY, NTY-SECOND STREET, BELOW SPRUCE, PHILADELPHIA, May 24, 1866. The subscribers to the Capital Stock of this Company will meet for:the purpose of organization, at this Office OD FRIDAY. June Bth, 1866. at 4 P. M. By order of the Board of Commissioners. THOMAS E. CAHLLL, Secretary. my24th,B,tti,tieBl Fre.• OFFICE OF T.H..s, FOBBING BOCK AND EABT SANDY OIL COMPANY, 619 WALNUT PBX4ADAMPHIA. May l'2. 1866. A special meeting of the stockholders will be held at the office of the Company, WEDNESDAY, the Seth instant, at 11 o'clock, A. M. By order of the Directors. C, S. GELLINGHS,M, Secretary. my24,28,2t CLARK & BIDDLE, 712 CHESTNUT street , desires to inform those in need cif Watches, Dia• anonds, Jewelry or Silverware, that they still offer the same discount to purchasers, although gold has ad vanced fully 10 per cent, over the prices at which their goods are marked. . it/ MAJOR GENERAL G. G. MEADE will be WB. at the Forty-second anniversary of the AMERI- C . ONION, at the Academy of Music ibis ravening. 100 HOWARD HOSPITAL, Nos. 1518 and 1520 Lombard street, Dispensary Department. Me (teal treatment and medicines furnished gratuitously to the poor. 8628 'Theatres and Museums Burned in the Vatted States. The New York Herald, of yesterday, gave a list of theatres and museums that have been destroyed by fire throughout the United States, beginning with the burning of the Federal Street Theatre, Boston, Feb ruary 2, 1798, and ending with the recent destruction of the New York Academy of Music. As the Herald professes to be his torically correct in its list, and as it is well to correct mistakes and omissions ,as soon as possible, we would direet their, attention to several theatrical conflagrations that have taken place in Philadelphia, and concern ing , which that journal takes no note. Ricketts's Circus, at the southwest corner of Sixth and Chestnut streets, was entirely destroyed by fire on the 17th of December, 1799; the old theatre in South street, above Fourth, was burned at a subsequent period, and Barnum's Mtu3eum, at Seventh and Chestnut streets, fell a prey to the flames in December, 1851. These three theatrical fires have been entirely omitted - by the Herald. The latter also _made a mistake -in fixing the date of the burning of the. Chinese Mu seum and the National Theatre on the 15th of July, 1854. The buildings in question were burned on the sth of July of that year, FROM MEXICO. The Empire Going Down Hill---The New Foreign Legion a Sorry Set of Fellows--Immense De cline in Property. [Cbrrmmndence of the N. Y. Times.] M - Rx - rco, Thursday, May 10, 1866.—We are fast going down the Imperial hill. The day before yesterday we were blessed, or frightened, or rejoiced, by the plain an nouncement of-the coming departure of the French flag. I say French flag, for. as • I have said before,a French Foreign Legion is taking the lace of the real French troops. This Foreign Legion is mostly composed of all sorts of ragamuffins,picked up everywhere. There are, however, some exceptions to this rule. All the officers are simply French officers. In the Foreign Le gion the officer ranks as if be was in the French army. The objection of Mr. Seward to the importation of Austrian regimentals. considered here a serious affair, inas much as it must be intended to bit indirectly. the French Government. I have . said it before, nobody here, including the German population, consider the Austrian troops as a force of any consequence. Maxi milian may import thousands of them. They will not hurt anybody but their own friends. Most of these fellows come to save the price of their passage to a new land, and as soon as they see Uncle Sam's flag they will, of necessity, take refuge under its folds. There is great confusion at the palace. No money, and none in prospect. Maximilian is reducing his household, and his good white mules and fine horses are being quietly exchanged for old broken down hacks. Those who manage these things pretend that His Majesty does not know the difference between a good and a bad horse. Property has gone down fifty per cent. within the last few days. The little capital that attempted to shine out is drawing in its horns. Foreigners in general talk of going. There is hardly one Confederate shining about our streets now. As to we Ameri cans of the Yankee persuasion, we expect that something will turn up. In fact,Uncle Sam must take hold of Mexico or it falls ten times as low as before. To be plain, we need here some strong hand. If it is not the French flag, we must have the Stars and Stripes floating over us. We all of us respect Juarez, but we know that no Mexi can is capable of protecting and establishing anything here. The factions are already creeping up. MaXimilian, amidst all the turmoil that is shaking the very foundations of his Em pire, keeps apparently as cool as a cucum ber. He is still manufacturing decrees and writing letters to "My dear Minister." The French soldiers and officers are re- Micing. I heard one say the other day to a exican,"You will never be worth any thing in this country until you speak, read and write in English." The Press is trying to smooth the blow, and still holds out some glimmering of hope to the bewildered population. "Something may turn-up that 3,l.lllllRitithe Fie n h here," says the Bre Nouvelle. "France," says the Estafetle, "will take care that her citizens and their rights are respected." Well and good ; ; but I do not see where the French citizens will find their protection, if not in a convention made with the United States. AluxmANo. • [From To-day's N. Y. Timm.] HAVANA, Saturday, May 19 , 1866.—0ur latest news from Vera Cruz is brought by the steamer La France, and is up to the oth inst. • A letter from Monterey brings direct and recent intelligence of a military advantage obtained by . Col. Vander Smissen. The en emy had collected a force of 400 cavalry at Marm, distant ten leagues from Monterey. The Colonel was aware of this, and resolved to fall suddenly upon his foes. Accordingly he left the city at nightfall, with 150 men of the Belgian Legion,and 150 men of Quiro ga's troopers. For greater security, he left sentinels to prevent anybody from leaving the town,so that no secret friend might warn the Republicans. At daybreak the Imperialists arrived be fore Mann without finding advance guard. The cavalry galloped into the town from one direction, whilst the infantry charged from the other. A precipitate flight of the Re publicans, pursued by their enemies, soon resulted, but reinforcements joining the fugitives, they rallied, and in their turn be came the assailants. It was all in vain. A fresh repulse totally broke up the force. A Queretaro paper informs us that the guerilla bands which had appeared in some parts of Guanajuato had nearly all disap peared, so that traveling was safe as far as Guadalajara. In the direction of the moun tains all is quiet, which state of affairs has allowed the movable rural guard to return to the above named city. Letters from Guadalajara do not give such pacific accounts; on the contrary, new bands had appeared in various directions. The Coloraao ridge of mountains served as a lurking place whence the guerillas ranged as far as Tala, and the mountains of San Miguel. The political_prefect of Guadalajara had convoked the most wealthy inhabitants for the purpose of worthily receiving Maxim ilian in case of a visit. On the 26th ultimo was inaugurated the work for the railroad bridge about two leagues from Orizaba, It is the principal structure on this line, and one of the most remarkable railroad bridges in the world. The mountain ravine ofMetlac is more than 900 feet wide and 375 feet deep. This will be spanned by the iron bridge above men tioned. In Rioverde, near San Luis, the officer in command of the Republicans, Col. Lieja, was murdered by one of his oficers. The report of the pistol caused Lieut. Colonel Gutierrez to hurry to the room where he met the same fate. Both the dead bodies were then left . exposed on the public square. A general uproar was the result, and the troops directed their course to Alaquires. This mutiny is attributed by some to the desire of the Colonel to introduce more order among his men, while others indicate Ammenta, at San Ciro, as the instigator, because Lieja would not permit his entrance into Rio verde. The news from Vera Cruz relative to Tla cotalpam,shows that the Republicans had reappeard along the coast, especially near Congo and Meadero. Their headquarters areZat Acayucan, where General Garcia had imprisoned five Frenchmen in reprisal for the detaining of his wife at Vera Cruz. Tamaulipas still continues in an unsettled state and the trade of Tampico is continually impeded. • A letter from Guaymas complains of the disturbed state of penora, Fesqueira ao,d, PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1866. Morales approach the centre. A project to attack them was frustrated by Gen. Lang grerg, who withdrew his troops in order -to attack the Republicans in the North. The Imperialists will soon hold only Guaymas. Their great want is cavalry. From Morelia we hear that Gen. Mendez has left. Tacambara for Huetamo. He is very sick, and his troops suffer much in the "Tierra Caliente." • Alvarez had attacked Acapulco, but was repulsed. In Sinaloa, Gen. Lozada had returned to Tepic, thus saving Corona, who, after his defeat, was hemmed in between the troops of Lozada and the French,- Regular is in Paso de las Balsas, where hiseople suffer greatly from the climate. The official paper of Campeaohy confirms the news of the taking of Jonuta by the Re publicans of Tabasco under Britoil In Havana the doings of the new political Governor are exciting criticism. His recent order forbidding the workmen of the cigar manufactories, dr,c., to enjoy the intellectual amusenaitint of reading aloud, strange as : it may • seem, is highly applauded by the Diario. Attentions is now directed to the arrival of General Lepsundi and the policy which he will pursue. Latta. M.r. Seward's Auburn Speech. Mr. Seward appears to be pleasing no bodyjust now. The New York World thus discourses of his Auburn speech ; "The power of impudence, the utter ab sence of any perception of the value and beauty of truth, thejaunty ignoring of the past, the self-adulation, like that of a ven der of patent pills, themontempt for the in tellect of men, the conviction that bold, brazen lying is the strongest element of po litical success, mark the speech which Mr. Seward has recently made at Auburn. Nothing could better portray the decadence of the political intellect of the United States than such a speech from such a man. Re gan and Goneril talking of their honored and beloved parent; Tahiti ordering a mag nificent mausoleum, and pronouncing a funeral eulogy upon the body which her chariot wheels had just crushed in her hot drive to share the snatched royalty, would not show us more monstrous hypocrisies than the slaver of the Secretary of State upon a Constitution which he has openly denied as his master, and a Union which he did his best to break. It is not pleasant to write thus of a man whom New York has honored with her highest offices, and who is the scribe, at any rate, of the federal government to foreign powers. If he would keep still, if he would be "content to fatten, like a butcher's dog in the shambles, - while the slaughter of the brave and good was going on," we would not say one word; but he will not. He must attitudinize, he must swell, and he must sputter; he must pride himself upon results with which he had no more to do than with the creation of the world. He must drape himself with that success the armies earned through toitoand,blood, and death. The fly on a hub has no more to do with the motion of the wheel than he had with the restored Union which is not restored. A fellow who had set two bulldogs to fight, by . hissing them into fury and dashing one against the other, might just as well, after the smaller brute lay panting and torn almost beyond the power of motion, pat the victor, and say proudly, "What a glorious fight we made." For that kind of appreciation of Chris tianity which insults, and will not fight; for that prudence which keeps precisely within the revised statutes, we give the Secretary credit. He has, too, that snivel. of the trumpeter in• ~Esop, who pleaded that he was a non-combatant, and to whom the sol dier in the same fable replied: "You set others to fighting, and deserve death twenty times yourself." Beside Seward, Stevens and Wilson and Wade and Phillips and even Greeley seem men. Despots by nature though they be, there is strength which all must respect, and possibly sincerity. "If I must have a mas ter," said John Randolph, "give me a man with a sword by his side and spurs on his heels; not a clerk with a pen on his ear." **— * * One word more: We trust that honest Re publicans despise as heartily as we the tor tuous cunning by which Mr. Seward strives to mask and excuse his momentary advo cacy of the Democratic policy of reconcilia tion.by dubbing the Democratic party rebel allies. By such snaky tricks, no sincere Republican will be deceived; with such an ally no earnest Democrat would hope to suc ceed. SOUTHERN POVERTY.—The Memphis Bul letin tells the following story as an illustra tion of Southern poverty:—When the Go vernment of a Southern State was recently being re-organized it was deemed important to send three commissioners to wait upon the President. Their business was to repre sent properly the condition of popular senti ment and at the same time make known the action of a convention or legislative body. There was no money in the State treasury, the Governor and staff were bank rupt, and Confederate money . could not be utilized. Two of the commissioners had ever been conservative old Whigs and op posed to all radicalism. A happy thought was suggested. There was a man in town who had made a million by blockade run ning and cotton speculations. His partismi history had given him all possible facilities. It was proposed that this lucky gentleman, if he would pay all expenses, should constitute one of the commission. It was further stipulated that he should keep away from the White House, and his mouth shut. The bargain was closed, signed and sealed, and Thad Stevens has never learned till this good day that one of the cleverest but craziest of secessionists has been an inval uable agent in paving the way for the resto ration of a Southern State. Visrrou.s TO WEST Poarr.—The President has appointed the following named persons to be Visitors at the approaching examina tion at the United States Military Academy at West Point, commencing on the first Monday in June: For the State of Vermont, Rev. John New man; Rhode Island; Thomas G. Turner, of Providence; New Jersey, Gen. L. Perine, of Trenton; Pennsylvania, Wm. F. Johnson, of Pittsburgh; Delaware, William S. Me.. Caulley, Jr., of Wilmington; Virginia, Hon. B. J. Barber; Florida, Hen. Wm. Marrion; Mississippi, Arkansas, Hort. Josiah Snow; Texas, Major Anson L. Mills, of Washngton; Missouri,Gen. J.G. Stevenson; Tennessee, Judge S. J. W. Luckey; Ken tucky, Judge Embree; Indiana, John L. Campbell; Illinois, Dr. Joseph M. Ralston, of Quincy; Wisconsin, John G. McMynn; Kansas, Colonel John P. Martin, of Atchi son; Oregon Hon. J. W. Nesmith. The persons appointed will report themselves to Brevet Major-General Cullum on their arrival at West Point. Tun trustees of the Indiana State Normal School, at a full meeting, located that insti tution at Terre Haute, in consideration` $50,000 cash and $35,000 in real estate, Nsr :11 located, as donations, OUR 'WHOLE COUNTRY. THE ENGLISH CRASH. The stoppage of Sir Morton Pet°, CIRCULAR OF PETO & BETTS. The Resources of the• Firm. Mom the London Daily News, Mayl2.] It is impossible to describe' the confusion and excitement which have prevailed to day in the City of London, and 'which have never been paralleled within the memory of business men. Throughout the day the streets in which the leading banking houses are situated were so filled with 'an xious or curious• crowds that locomotion was almost impossible. Fortunately a great deal of this excitement seemed to spend itself in curiosity alone, and only a few of the establishments which have lately been chiefly pointed at by the ever ready finger of distrust experienced any important draught upon their reserves; ft is further satisfactory to remark that a con siderable portion of the notes withdrawn from some of the banks by timid depositors or customers was relodged in other and better accredited institutions, so that the money will still be utilized.' As regards such portion as has been absolutely with drawn with a view to hoarding of course no thing but a solution of the existing crisis will bring it back again. On the part of all the banks, how ever, both metropolitan and provincial, ex traordinary efforts were kept up to make ample provision for every possible contin gency; it being rightly imagined that a ra ther general "run" could scarcely fail to re sult from the stoppage of Overend, Gurney tic. Co. (limited), combined with the many other adverse facts of the day. Among these we have unfortunately to chronicle the stoppage of the eminent firm—we believe we may still say the millionaire firm—or Sir Morton Peto, Betts 4k Co., and of the English Joint-Stock Bank (limited). The provision made by so many bankers caused an immense pressure upon the Bank of England, which, according to rumor, has to-day paid away between two and three millions of the £4,950,325 of notes that remained in its till, by the re turns just published. Assuming that this is so, it will be seen how closely we are approaching once more to the com plete exhaustion of the bank's available note issues. The probability is that the de mand will continue, especially for account of country bankers anxious to guard against contingencies, and it is therefore believed that, unless the Bank Act of 1844 be at once relaxed, to-morrow, or, at the latest, Mon day, will witness an absolute inability on the part of the Bank of England to discount a single mercantile bill. As this would be tantamount to the immediate stoppage of more than half the banks and mercantile firms in the Kingdom, it is obvious that the Act of 1844 is doomed. Throughout the day great excitement was caused by repeated rumors that Government had actually con sented to the relaxation of the law; but it appears that, though many influential commercial men have to-day had public spirit enough to press their recom mendations personally upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it was not till 6 o'clock this evening that r a deputation of the London joint stock Ra tkers had, an interview with the Minister to urge the necessity of instant measures of relief. This relief can, of course, only be given in one way, namely, by an issue of notes beyond the legal limit. Mr. Gladstone promised an immediate con sideration of this momentous matter by himself and his colleagues, and said that he would at once confer with the authorities of the Bank of England on the subject. It is to be hoped, therefore, that the Govern ment letter may be looked for to-morrow, and that no desire to adhere to an obsolete financial crochet will cause a postponement of relief until the area of loss, already wide enough, is further extended, and the list of mercantile victims unnecessarily length ened. This morning the utmost confusion reigned throughout the Stock Exchange. Public securities of all descriptions were totally unsalable, the only exception being, per haps Consols, and even as regards this stock it would have been impossible for any banker, pressed by deniands for deposits.to have sold any large amount for immediate cash. This being so. it is obvious that even the most solvent banks in the metropolis would have no alternative but to suspend payment were the existing pressure to con tinue for a few days longer, and the Bank Act to be rigidly maintained. In proof of the utterly disorganized state of even the market for the En*lish funds, it may be mentioned that. owing to the extreme pres sure for money, and the heavy offers for Console, the price of this stock for money, including the dividend, was quoted lower than the price ex dividend for June. Suspension of Sir Morton Peto. [Prom the Daily News, May 12.] The eminent railway contractors Messrs. Peto dc Betts, have, through the pressure of the times, been compelled to announce their suspension. The liabilities are about £4,000,000, of which £3,800,000 are amply se cured. with large margins, and the remain ing 4200;000 represent acceptances and ac counts-for current supplies. All the works which the firm contracted for abroad are in a very forward state, and arrangements will be made at once for their due completion. In England nearly all the contracts have beeri undertaken jointly with other power ful bontractors, and these works will, there fore, not be impeded. It is understood that the house coula have . had plenty of assist ance this morning for their immediate ne cessities, but it was foreseen that this would prove merely a half measure, and it is fairly considered that no dishonor whatever can attach to the partners in stopping payment to a time of terrible pressure like the pre sent. The circular issued to the creditors is as follows : No. 9 GREAT GEORGE STREET, WEST- - MINSTER, May 11, 1856.—We much regret to find ourselves under the painful necessity of allowing our acceptances to be returned, owing wholly to the disappointment of the arrangements we had made for their pro vision, which have been defeated by the very unexpected turn which has taken place in the money market within the last few days. We have considered it to be the most expedient course in the interest of all par ties, that for the present we should make no further payment, and await the sudsidence of the financial panic now prevailing; but we are enabled to state, that having sub itted a statement of our affairs to Mr. J. L . Coleman so lately as the 23d of last onth, we then possessed's clear balance of upward of R.1,(100,000, estimating our various properties at their then depreciated value. Our position now is but slightly changed,' and we have therefore only to solicit for bearance on the part of those 'who hold oar engagements, and we trust in a very short time to submit, through Messrs. Coleman, Turquand Bc Co., a satisfactory proposal for the adjustment and discharge of oar liabili ties. We remain your very obedient servants, PETO & BETTS. Resources of the Firm. [From the London Star. MAY 1 2.] The suspension of the great firm of which Sir Morton Peto is the head, following so soon upon the fall of Overend, Gurney 46,L Co.. cannot fail to aggravate and intensify, the alarm which now reigns paramount throughout the commercial world. The conspicuous figure which Sir Morton has played in the history of modern enterprises and the vast and world-wide character of the transactions in which he and his partners have been and are engaged, both conspire to invest the calamity upon which it is our painful duty to comment with an import ance only second to that which is attached to the collapse of the great discount house. The names of Petri and Betts have become synonymous' with railway enterprise; for wherever a civilized language's spoken and English influence has penetrateri,there they have reared monuments of their energy and skill as enduring as the Pyramids. But there is reason to hope that the misfortune which has overtaken them is not irre trievable, and that they may yet weather the storm; although those to whom they are indebted must for the present exhibit some amount of patience and generosity. When such great interests, both of capital and of labor, are at stake, it would be to the last degree deplorable if a disaster which may be mitigated, or perhaps even reversed,were converted into hopeless ruin. We understand that several weeks ago some indications of impending difficulty be came apparent, and that the firm had their books examined by Messrs. Turquand, Coleman & CD., the result being tnat as, after allowing a wide margin for every pro bable contingency, the assets exceeded the liabilities by one million sterling, Sir Mor ton Pete and his partners were reassured as to their position. But the events which have taken place in the intervening period have materially changed the aspect of their affairs. Being railway contractors their capital was represented partly in money and partly in securities on railway and other property, the latter being only realiza ble at their legitimate value when the mar ket is in a healthy state. In peaceful times money may always be borrowed on substan tial securities, but these are not such times, and in the case of a firm like Sir Morton Peto's the external aid which is indispensa ble assumes such a magnitude as to be practically unattainable. In the face of panic, and what a panic may lead to, dis count homes and banks need 'all or the greater proportion of their capital to meet prospective demands on their own credit. With such resources of intellect, of influ ence, and of estate as Sir Morton possesses, he might fairly have hoped to ride over the crisis; but the wild panic which, like a ape des of madness, has laid hold of the city, has rendered, for the time being, every kind of security—even though, like Console, they are based on the granite rock of the national credit—unconvertible, and therefore practi callyvalueless. Everybody being in a state of apprehension, and not knowing what would next happen, it is not surprising that for the exigencies of to-day—which are, after all, inexorable—Sir Morton Peto's bonds, and bills, and shares, representing his interest in undertakings as far apart as Eastern Eu rope and North America, and in railways, either wholly or partially constructed, in the two great hemispheres; should be only worth the paper on which they are written. A great contractor can only carry on his en terprises by means of advances which are made on the guarantee of bills backed by collateral securities of a more tangible kind; and when, owing to a great strain on the money market, these are not accepted, a dead-iock is inevitable. It appears that Sir Morton estimates his liabilities at four millions, and that of this amount not less than $3,500,000 is largely, if not amply secured. His friends yesterday morning offered to advance him sufficient money to meet the pressure which threat ened him with collapse. He resolved, no doubt wisely, not to tamper with the diffi culty; or to seek to postpone the evil day, but to meet it at once. Asking for the for bearance of his creditors, he proposes to pro secute, without intermission, both his home and foreign contracts—a matter of vital con cern, not only to their interests, but to those of the forty thousand persons in his employ. The sudden stoppage of the great works in which he is engaged would occasion as mach desolation as usually follows in the track of an invading army. Such is the state of this grave business, so far as we understand it, and as, in the very nature of things, it must still further deepen the gloom which prevails in the monetary world ; we can only hope that the calamity will not be made worse than it really is. ARRIVAL OF MERCER'S FEMALE Min onenTs.—The steamer Continental arrived in this port this morning with ninety-four passengers, most of them women, who came out here on the representation and under the care of W. L. Mercer, of Washington Territory. Immediately upon the steamer being telegraphed a large number of people rushed down to the wharves, whether to se lect wives or to satisfy their curiosity as to the personal appearance of the fair emi grants, or for what object is unknown to any but themselves. put they were doomed to disappointment, for the ship was attached to the buoy off Folsom street wharf, several hundred feet from shore, and no one is al lowed on board. There was a great flutter ing of calico on board the ship as she passed the city front, the observed of all observers, and probably a responsive fluttering of some masculine heart on shore, whose owners have become tired of the forlorn state of bachelorhood. It is said to be the intention of the consignees to transfer the passengers to some other steamer bound northward, and convey them to Olympia, in Washing ton Territory, Iheir original place of desti nation. The passenger list shows a large number of "Misses," most of whom are probably not averse to changing their title and their name.—San Francisco . Bulletin, April 21. WAR DEPART/11 - ENT CLERKS.—The Secre tary of War, in response to a resolution of the House, communicated lists of clerks in his own office and the various bureaus at tached to that Department, from. which it appears that the total number is about twelve hundred, of whom six hundred and eighty-five have served in the Union army. The Secretary says one person only on duty in the Department had been in the rebel army. He was a deserter from the rebel army, appointed by the special order of the late President Lincoln, after he had joined the army, the purpose of detaining him be ing to save him from the hazard of death, to which be would be exposed in case of capture by the enemy. F. L. FETHMSTON. Palau:T. DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS. Facts and Fancies. The late Mr.' Dailey of New York way aged 106 when he died. How a man could live so long, who died Dailey, in not ex plained. A case is before a St. Lot& Court invOlv- - ing the question as to whether a man's wife is personal property. In the case of a rich " widder," we suppose a man usually marries her, purse -an'-all. There is a story of a Teutonic individual out West, who threw himself outside of eighty-seven glasses of beer and two glasses of whisky in one day. After pe,rforming the feat he dryly remarked that he " could have taken a great deal more, but did-, not feel particularly thirsty that.. day."_ We believe all that but the "dryly." - The Earl of Dunmore, who is proprietor of the Island Harris, has just completed a. rather novel scheme in dressing out a com pany, numbering.one hundred, of the most sturdy and stalwart of the islanders there, in a somewhat unique costume. His Lord ship's design is to proceed with the com pany, of which he is the captain comman dant, to Balmoral, in order to form a guard of honor to Her Majesty , when there in Summer. The costume is probably an land one, with a Balmoral petticoat. A Chinese had been sent to the hulks at Toulon, for a murder committed in the French possessions in Cochin-China. He appears not to have had the slightest ides of the gravity of his position, having looked on his condemnation and transportation to Europe as a means of proving his devoted ness to the religion of Confucius; but he was painfully surprised on his arrival to learn that his magnificent tail of hair was to be cut off. However, he was compelled to submit, but the shock was too severe for him. as the moment the scissors cutthrongh the tuft of hair he fainted, and was obliged to be conveyed to the hospital. The officials insisted that he could not wear his cue at that place because it was Tou-long. When the Princess Mary marries Prince Teck, they 'will probably set up a Polly-. Teck•nic establishment. The Chestnut—Edwin Adams and Miss Orton in "Lady of Lyons." Afterpiece—"A Quiet Family." The Arch—Miss Lucy Rushton in "Lady of Lyons," supported by Messrs. Rankin, Mackay, Marlowe,WalliS, James, Mrs. Thayer, &c. Afterpiece—"The Laughing Hyena," with Hemple and Mrs. Henri in the cast. To-morrow Miss Rush ton's benefit, when she will appear in her great specialty "The Black Domino" and the burlesque of "Bombastes Furioso." The Walnut—Mr. Edwin Booth •in "Othello," To-morrow Mr. Booth's benefit, when he will repeat "Richelieu." Assem bly Building--The Carolina Twins. Con-. cert Hall—The Holman Opera Troupe. Assembly Building—Signor Blitz. THE Mom:km:aim TEsTrzoismsx. at the .Ap4demy of . Music on the 30th will be a evild affair, and will be participated . in by ma* distinguished artists, including Mr. and Mrs. Mordaunt, Teresa Wood,M.Leon„ the celebrated dancer; Mr. Lew. Simmons, "The Typographical Dramatis AsSocia tion," acc. "The Colleen Bawn" and "Bom-- bastes Furioso" are among the pieces to be played. CURE FOR HYDROPHOBIA. SOME, time ago, Mr. Jas. Garth Marshall, of Leeds, published a cure, or rather preventive of hydrophobia, which may perhaps be use fully repeated at the present moment. Mr. Marshall, having seen in print a French method of treatment of the disease, wrote to his family . physician in London, one of the most eminent members of the faculty, to inquire whether it was to be relied upon, and he received a reply, the main portion of which we subjoin :—"About twenty-five years ago I was sent to see the present Lord L—, then a fine healthy lad, who, it was said, had been licked, notonlyover the lips, but within the mouth, by a little terrier, which was found sitting on the sleeping lad's cheat, and dipping his tongue into his master's month. Mr. Youatt, the veteri nary surgeon, at once pronounced the dog as laboring under hydrophobia, and turning to me said, 'lf you will come to me in five days at our dog hospital, we can dissect the animal.' I did so, and found the dog dead, and Youatt busy in opening the carcase. I naturally was shy in touching the animal, and asked if he was not afraid. 'No,' he answered; have repeatedly been bitten.' He, I think, owned to at least eight, and I believe ten, undoubted introductions of the virus; and be it remembered, that the attacks or bites were all on the hands of these men, so could not be wiped off by an intervening garment. Youatt then told me that his remedy was to allow the common nitrate of silver, easily procurable to filter into the wound; it decomposes the saliva, and in doing this destroys the virus. The above was stated in some blue book about thirty years ago by Youatt. Brodie and I acted on it, and made young Lord L—'s lips, palate and throat as black as that of his thoroughbred mad;terrier• and he,if you. ever see him, will tell you ihis tale. The poison of hydrophobia remains latent on an average of six weeks; the part heals over, but there is a simple wound more or less irritable; it then becomes painful, and the germ, whatever it is, becomes ripe for dissemination into the system, and then all hope is gone. Nevertheless between _the time of the bite and the activity of the wound previous to dissemination; the caustic of nitrate of silver is a sure preven tive; after that it is as useless as all other means. The best mode of application of nitrate of silver is by introducing it into the wounds. It melts in an equal quantity of water. If already healed, the cicatrix should be rubbed and causticated away en tirely."—Leeds Times. • IMPORTANT POST-OFFICE ORDER.—The Post-office Department has issued orders to discontinue the delivery of the mails at'an early day at all offices in South Carolina, and perhaps in other States, wherethere are no regularly appointed and commissioned postmasters. This order, the Governor of South Carolina says, will subject the press and the business community to very serious embarrassment, unless steps are taken to secure the services at each postoffice of such, persons as can take the requisite oath as prescribed by Congress; and he therefore recommends that some person be selected at each office who can take the oath and give the bonds. TRADE wrrn Pon Rico.--The United States Consul at San Juari, Porto Rico un der date of 25th April, 1865, reports :—"The royal decree of October 19, 1865, shutting to the general trade of imports of national and foreign products the ports of A gu adilla, Arecibo and Naguabo, within.this Consular District, has been repealed, provipionally; therefore the said ports will continue to open as beibre, as ports of entry." The above decree of Oistober 19th has been al ready partly repealed by another royal or der, dated January 27th, as fikr as the po r t o(.64gUadillo is oorKeniecl, AMUSEMENTS.
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